85.6% of residents of Palestine speak English at home.
12.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 1,341 (7.5%)
(30.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 89.3%Number of people working at home: 152 (2.2% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,155 (76%)

Carpooled: 1,323 (19%)

Bus or trolley bus: 17 (0%)

Taxi: 9 (0%)

Bicycle: 4 (0%)

Walked: 109 (2%)

Other means: 35 (1%)

Worked at home: 152 (2%)

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 7,422

United States or American: 2,388

English: 911

Irish: 811

German: 759

Scotch-Irish: 318

African: 247

Subsaharan African:: 247

Scottish: 183

French (except Basque): 175

European: 123

French Canadian: 95

Italian: 85

Polish: 84

Dutch: 72

Norwegian: 50

Danish: 33

Greek: 24

Austrian: 24

Welsh: 24

Lebanese: 16

Arab:: 16

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 16

Jamaican: 16

Swedish: 15

Acadian/Cajun: 15

Hungarian: 14

Finnish: 11

Russian: 10

New Zealander: 9

Romanian: 9

Canadian: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

60%Mexico

9%El Salvador

8%Philippines

8%Guatemala

5%India

1%Cambodia

1%Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 13,600

Northeast: 278

Midwest: 640

South: 1,239

West: 551

55% of Palestine residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Texas.